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Tag Archives: Career Pathways for HCAs
Certificate of Fundamental Care for Health Care Assistants (BBC News)
Summary The BBC has revealed that new care workers will be required to attain a training certificate within 12 weeks of starting their first job. This follows recommendations made in the independent Cavendish report, which reviewed inconsistencies in training throughout … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA), Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Homes, Care Quality, Care Support, Career Ladder, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Common Induction Standards (CIS), Compassionate Care, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dementia Awareness, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dismissal of Unsatisfactory Staff, Education, Education and Training, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Engagement and Support (HCAs), General Hospital Care, HCAs, HCAs as Part of Nursing Team: Not a Separate Tribe, Healthcare Assistants, Healthcare Support Workers, Home Care Workers, Management of HCAs, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Minimum Standards for Healthcare Assistants, Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, Modernisation of the Nursing Workforce, Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the Healthcare Assistant, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Minimum Training Standards for Healthcare Support Workers, NHS Career Framework, NHS Workforce, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Auxiliaries, Overall Quality of NHS Hospitals, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patients First and Foremost, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality of Care, Quality of Care and Support, Quality of Care for People With Dementia, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Recruitment of HCAs, Recruitment Training and Management of HCAs, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Social Care Support Workers, Social Care Workforce, Status of Caring in Health and Social Care, Supervising and Leading HCAs, Support Workers in Social Care, Transforming General Hospital Care, Underappreciated, Underpaid, Valuing the Healthcare Assistants, Vulnerable Adults, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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Review of the NHS in 2013: a Year of Landmark Reports and Reforms (BBC News)
Summary This BBC News article provides a handy recap of the important changes announced for the NHS during this year, as marked by a succession of ground-breaking reports: February 2013: The Francis Inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal. The government commissioned … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Seven Days a Week, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive Foundation Trust Network, Complaints, Complaints Handling, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Mark Porter: Chair of Council BMA, Dr Maureen Baker: Chair Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary Royal College of Nursing, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Keogh Mortality Review, Liam Fox, Major Emergency Centres, Matt Tee: COO NHS Confederation, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, NHS Complaints Process, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Hospital Complaints, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Services, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Spending, Patient Complaints, Patient Safety, Phil Gray: Chief Executive Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Professor Cathy Warwick: Chief Executive Royal College of Midwives, Professor Don Berwick, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Sue Bailey: Former President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Protection of NHS Spending, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Richard Thompson: President Royal College of Physicians, Seven Day Services, Sir Bruce Keogh (Former Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board; now NHS England), Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services
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